What's the era of warfare you're most interested in?

Started by jimmy olsen, June 30, 2014, 11:32:52 PM

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What's the era of warfare you're most interested in?

Neolithic
2 (5%)
Bronze Age
1 (2.5%)
Classical Antiquity
8 (20%)
Dark Ages
3 (7.5%)
Medieval
2 (5%)
Pike & Shot
1 (2.5%)
Line Infantry
8 (20%)
Industrial
9 (22.5%)
Modern
4 (10%)
Your Eurocentric List Does Not Accurately Reflect My Interests
2 (5%)

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jimmy olsen

#45
July 01, 2014, 11:46:49 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on July 01, 2014, 10:46:01 PM
Classical.  Huge, dramatic numbers, major innovations in tactics and equipment every few decades, massive, dramatic personalities and hugely different societies slugging it out.
Doesn't that perfectly describe the Industrial era as well?
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Queequeg

#46
July 02, 2014, 02:14:17 AM
Caesar and Alexander were fighting in terra incognita. German literature on the USSR and Russia was maniacally thorough.
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#47
July 02, 2014, 02:20:30 AM
Quote from: Queequeg on July 02, 2014, 02:14:17 AM
Caesar and Alexander were fighting in terra incognita. German literature on the USSR and Russia was maniacally thorough.
No it wasn't. They constantly underestimated how many men the Soviets could mobilize against them. They ran into entire army groups they never knew existed!
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Viking

#48
July 02, 2014, 02:40:01 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 02, 2014, 02:20:30 AM
Quote from: Queequeg on July 02, 2014, 02:14:17 AM
Caesar and Alexander were fighting in terra incognita. German literature on the USSR and Russia was maniacally thorough.
No it wasn't. They constantly underestimated how many men the Soviets could mobilize against them. They ran into entire army groups they never knew existed!

And Caesar and Alexander were actually noted for their intellectual curiosity about their intended targets both before and during the campaign. You can't really call alexander fighting in TI when he kept Xenophon "at his bedside".
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#49
July 02, 2014, 04:47:50 AM
Xenofon. :ph34r:
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derspiess

#50
July 02, 2014, 09:05:29 AM
Industrial or Modern-- whichever includes WWII.  Anything earlier than "line infantry" holds little interest for me.
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#51
July 02, 2014, 09:22:01 AM
Quote from: derspiess on July 02, 2014, 09:05:29 AM
Industrial or Modern-- whichever includes WWII.  Anything earlier than "line infantry" holds little interest for me.
WWI and WWII would be the epitome of the Industrial period.
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derspiess

#52
July 02, 2014, 09:24:00 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 02, 2014, 09:22:01 AM
Quote from: derspiess on July 02, 2014, 09:05:29 AM
Industrial or Modern-- whichever includes WWII.  Anything earlier than "line infantry" holds little interest for me.
WWI and WWII would be the epitome of the Industrial period.

Sure.  But I'd think there is some overlap there with the Modern period.
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The Brain

#53
July 02, 2014, 09:33:59 AM
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jimmy olsen

#54
July 02, 2014, 07:23:46 PM
I would have expected Medieval and Pike & Shot to have more support than that on this board. :hmm:
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dps

#55
July 02, 2014, 09:48:16 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 02, 2014, 07:23:46 PM
I would have expected Medieval and Pike & Shot to have more support than that on this board. :hmm:

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#56
July 02, 2014, 10:47:57 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on July 01, 2014, 10:46:01 PM
Classical.  Huge, dramatic numbers, major innovations in tactics and equipment every few decades, massive, dramatic personalities and hugely different societies slugging it out.
Weren't the size of classical armies somewhat overblown?  Especially the further back you go?
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#57
July 02, 2014, 11:23:08 PM
Quote from: dps on July 02, 2014, 09:48:16 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 02, 2014, 07:23:46 PM
I would have expected Medieval and Pike & Shot to have more support than that on this board. :hmm:

That's 'cause you're stupid.
That was rather uncalled for.  :huh:
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Ideologue

#58
July 02, 2014, 11:32:24 PM
Quote from: Neil on July 02, 2014, 10:47:57 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on July 01, 2014, 10:46:01 PM
Classical.  Huge, dramatic numbers, major innovations in tactics and equipment every few decades, massive, dramatic personalities and hugely different societies slugging it out.
Weren't the size of classical armies somewhat overblown?  Especially the further back you go?

Xerxes totally had a million men.  And of so many obscure ethnicities!
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#59
July 02, 2014, 11:35:33 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 01, 2014, 09:34:35 PM
Quote from: Valmy on July 01, 2014, 09:01:56 PM
The era that had the fanciest hats.
Would that be Pike & Shot or Line Infantry?


They both had fabulous hats :hmm:

But line infantry era had the best hats.  In fact you want to see the uniform of each unit because you just know its hats will be fantastic.
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